Travelling gun systems use a mobile reel device at the end of a row to pull a sled-mounted gun down the field, irrigating as it goes. In a travelling system, semi-circular application is used to avoid the sled being pulled through newly wetted soil.

Low-Pressure Boom Travelling System:
In this system, rather than a big gun, water is applied by a boom equipped with low pressure, rotary spray nozzles. As with travelling systems, a reel pulls the boom across a large area of moisture application.

Centre Pivot and Lateral Move System:
In large acreage applications, pumped water is fed to a single lateral - equipped with many sprinklers - supported by trusses and towers on wheels.

One end is anchored to a fixed pivot centre while the other end is free to move in a circle about the pivot. Towers supports, often 200 feet apart, are driven by electric or hydraulic energy. Auxiliary guns are sometimes installed at the end to irrigate corners. In lateral move configuration, the entire elevated unit moves sideways down the field to cover a rectangular section.

Micro-Irrigation:
This form of irrigation is precise and easily automated. If necessary, it can also be used to add chemigation/fertigation to the water application operation. Often called 'trickle or drip', micro-irrigation consists of a pumped water source, filtration system, flow meter, mainline, header lines, lateral lines and in-line emitters that can compensate for flow rate variances over a wide range of line pressure.

In some trickle designs, emitters are placed at each plant - apple and peach orchards - or closer together to provide a continuous row (such as tomatoes, strawberries, melons, blueberries, ornamentals, greenhouse propagation beds, etc.).